Editing Hubert Humphrey (section)

=== 1976 presidential election activities ===
[[File:Humphrey and Carter.jpg|thumb|Senator Hubert Humphrey with President [[Jimmy Carter]] aboard [[Air Force One]] in 1977]]
On April 22, 1974, Humphrey said that he would not enter the upcoming Democratic presidential primary for the 1976 presidential election. Humphrey said at the time that he was urging fellow Senator and Minnesotan [[Walter Mondale]] to run, despite believing that [[Ted Kennedy]] would enter the race as well.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1974/04/23/page/5/article/humphrey-wont-run-for-president-in-1976|title=Humphrey won't run for President in 1976|first=Neil|last=Mehler|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=April 23, 1974|access-date=June 8, 2017|archive-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819061625/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1974/04/23/page/5/article/humphrey-wont-run-for-president-in-1976/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Leading up to the election cycle, Humphrey also said, "Here's a time in my life when I appear to have more support than at any other time in my life. But it's too financially, politically, and physically debilitating – and I'm just not going to do it."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1975/10/20/page/15/article/humphreys-resisting-the-call-of-the-presidential-primaries|title=Humphrey's resisting the call of the presidential primaries|first=Harry|last=Kelly|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=June 8, 2017|archive-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819060409/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1975/10/20/page/15/article/humphreys-resisting-the-call-of-the-presidential-primaries/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In December 1975, a Gallup poll was released showing Humphrey and [[Ronald Reagan]] as the leading Democratic and Republican candidates for the following year's presidential election.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/28/archives/humphrey-vs-reagan.html|first=Tom|last=Wicker|title=Humphrey Vs. Reagan|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 28, 1975}}</ref>

On April 12, 1976, Chairman of the [[New Jersey Democratic Party]] State Senator James P. Dugan said the selection of a majority of uncommitted delegates could be interpreted as a victory for Humphrey, who had indicated his availability as a presidential candidate for the convention.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/13/archives/humphrey-called-victor-in-jersey-uncommitted-state-to-vie-with-4.html|title=HUMPHREY CALLED VICTOR IN JERSEY|first=Ronald|last=Sullivan|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 13, 1976}}</ref> Humphrey announced his choice to not enter the New Jersey primary nor authorize any committees to work to support him during an April 29, 1976, appearance in the Senate Caucus Room.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1976/04/30/page/1/article/tearful-humphrey-out-of-race|title=Tearful Humphrey out of race|date=April 30, 1976|first=Jon|last=Margolis|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=May 6, 2017|archive-date=August 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819020357/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1976/04/30/page/1/article/tearful-humphrey-out-of-race/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Even after [[Jimmy Carter]] had won enough delegates to clinch the nomination, many still wanted Humphrey to announce his availability for a [[draft (politics)|draft]]. However, he did not do so, and Carter easily secured the nomination on the first round of balloting. Humphrey had learned that he had terminal cancer, prompting him to sit the race out.

Humphrey attended the November 17, 1976, meeting between President-elect Carter and Democratic congressional leaders in which Carter sought out support for a proposal to have the president's power to reorganize the government reinstated with potential to be vetoed by Congress.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/11/18/archives/carter-asks-leaders-of-congress-to-help-in-a-reorganization-he-is.html|title=CARTER ASKS LEADERS OF CONGRESS TO HELP IN A REORGANIZATION|first=Warren Jr.|last=Weaver|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 18, 1976}}</ref>